If your memory serves you correctly there is a set of old farm buildings only a short distance further to the west, probably no more than ten minutes ride. One of these buildings will definitely provide better protection from the storm to come.
With the first large drops of rain slapping against your face you ride quickly towards the farm that you are sure lies directly ahead. In a slight depression in the almost flat landscape you find what you are looking for. It is a low, stone-built livestock shed, abandoned but still solid and weatherproof.
Over your right shoulder the storm approaches, an all consuming wall of grey mist and a deepening dark, that will soon assault the unprotected earth upon which you now stand. Pallenten needs no urging and follows you into the structure. The entryway is just large enough to allow passage for the horse, and you quickly find an empty stall within which you tether her and settle down to await the storm to come.

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